With tag: people_places

We talk about the culture of the sport in our region, and hear from players, coaches, and die-hard fans. Also, an interview with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. And, we learn more about the sport of curling.

The final tumultuous year of Russian writer Leo Tolstoy's life is told in the film The Last Station. We talk with Middlebury writer Jay Parini, whose novel is the basis of that movie. Also, a Green Mountain College professor describes his research into mummies of the ancient Chinchorro people of Chile.

Bayard Rustin was a pivotal figure in the civil rights
movement that you may not have heard of. He counseled Martin Luther King on the
value of non-violence and helped engineer the March on Washington.
Al Letson tells Rustin's story Saturday at 4.

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Pierre Garcon made headlines for his MVP
performance against the Jets in this year's AFC Championship Game. But Garcon also played the
first year of his college football career in Vermont, for the Norwich University Cadets.

Starting on Wednesday, there's going to be one less option for getting
across Lake Champlain. One
ferry route will close down. That will free up a boat for the new service that
started at the site of the old Champlain Bridge.

Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca discusses the results of the annual NECAP test in reading writing and math. Also, The Big Read comes to the Upper Valley to raise interest in the poetry of Emily Dickinson. And three Vermonters head to the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Competition.

We talk about the cost of renewable energy in Vermont, and the incentives and disincentives for getting more renewable energy into the power grid. Also, how forestry practices can increase the amount of carbon that is sequestered in woodlots. And a visit to the Harris Hill Ski Jump in Brattleboro.

Bruce Bird has been collecting war memorabilia for more than 50 years. At an old schoolhouse in Pownal, Bird has turned his all-consuming hobby into a museum, and a lesson about one unique aspect of World War II history.

The Senate Transportation Committee is holding a hearing today on bills that
would ban texting while driving, and members of the public will have their say. One of them will be Norman James, who's with the Vermont
Department of Labor's "Project Road Safe."

A bill being debated in Montpelier would modify how the Current Use program is administered -- we examine the proposed changes. And Dartmouth mathematicians develop a formula for detecting art forgeries.

As
National Guard soldiers deployed for service in Afghanistan in recent weeks, they've received a send off from
hundreds of well wishers. Among them are
the parents of soldiers killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We'll talk with the new head of the Vermont Global Trade Partnership about the opportunities - and obstacles - for Vermont businesses in the global market. Plus, helping torture survivors navigate the asylum process. And a town postcard from Wells.

Former ambassador Peter Galbraith discusses the risks of what he calls "group think" in diplomatic circles. That is, the lack of tolerance for dissenting viewpoints in how to
handle difficult foreign policy questions.